Use of a neuroleptic in assisted reproduction of the critically endangered Mohor gazelle (Gazella dama mhorr)

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 909-922

  Gonzalez R ^a   Berlinguer, F ^b   Espeso, G ^c   Ariu, F ^e   del Olmo, A ^a   Garde, J J ^d   Gomendio, M ^a   Ledda, S ^e   Roldan, E R S ^a,f  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^e Pathological Anatomy   (Italy)

^f ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fertilization; Long acting neuroleptic; Oocyte; Stress

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

ANIMALIA; GAZELLA DAMA MHORR; UNGULATA;

EID: 50249177586     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.05.052     Document Type: Article

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